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Enrollment
466
Middle
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY SD·NCES 422238006286
Southern Middle School
3280 Fissels Church Rd, Glen Rock, PA 17327 · (717) 235-4811 · York County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
109 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 215 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 251 | 54% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Southern Middle School→Susquehannock High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Southern York County SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
36.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.6% | 36.8% |
| 2023-24 | 58.7% | 38.7% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Southern Middle School
Southern Middle School's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Middle School this school | 466 | 23.4% | 51.2% |
| Northwestern Lehigh Middle School New Tripoli | 440 | 24.8% | 55.9% |
| Quaker Valley Middle School Sewickley | 425 | 22.4% | 72.4% |
| Penn Middle School Jeannette | 518 | 24.7% | 70.7% |
| Trafford Middle School Trafford | 354 | 24.0% | 64.6% |
| Freeport Area Middle School Sarver | 428 | 29.0% | 65.3% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Southern Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #196 of 479 | #8 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #257 of 513 ▼ 34 | #13 of 22 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #162 of 513 ▲ 67 | #2 of 22 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #327 of 522 | #22 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #250 of 486 | #8 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.6% | #381 of 486 | #21 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.4% | #443 of 510 | #22 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #171 of 332 | #4 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
466
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 701
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 466 | 35.9 | 13.0:1 | 23% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 35.4 | 12.7:1 | 24% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 36.1 | 12.2:1 | 26% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 25% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 33.5 | 15.5:1 | 25% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 30 | 16.1:1 | 22% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 39 | 12.6:1 | 16% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 550 | 34 | 16.2:1 | 8% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 701 | 45 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southern Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (519 to 466); teachers up 7% (33.5 to 35.9).
About Southern Middle School
Southern Middle School is a middle school with a street address in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania. Its enrollment is 466 students, spread over grades 7 through 8. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 594.
The 5 schools in Southern York County SD enroll 2,709 students altogether, Southern Middle School among them.
The share of White students at Southern Middle School is 89%. Next come 5% Black and 4% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Southern Middle School scores 21%.
Southern Middle School has 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Pennsylvania is similar, at 13.2:1. At Southern Middle School, 23% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Compared with the 53% average for public schools in York County, the school's rate is lower.
Southern Middle School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 40% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
A school with Southern Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 67.6%. Southern Middle School scores 51.2%, 16.4 points below that line.
In the wider York County area, median household income comes to about $84,829, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. York County counts 111 public schools with about 64,242 students.
Susquehannock High School, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Southern Middle School is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 465 in 2020-21 and 466 in 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 14.5:1 to 13.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
462,924
Census ACS
Median income
$84,829
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
64,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southern York County SD
- Susquehannock High SchoolHigh · 857 students
- Southern Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Shrewsbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Friendship Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
Other schools in Glen Rock
- Susquehannock High SchoolHigh · 857 students
- Southern Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Friendship Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
Other Southern Middle schools
8 other US public schools in 4 states are named Southern Middle. Southern Middle School is the 6th largest of the 9.
- Southern Middle SchoolReading, PA · 661 students
- Southern Middle SchoolSomerset, KY · 871 students
- Southern Middle SchoolLexington, KY · 759 students
- Southern MiddleLothian, MD · 726 students
- Southern MiddleAberdeen, NC · 620 students
Nearby schools
- Susquehannock High School0.1 mi · 857
- Southern Elementary School0.2 mi · 527
- Friendship Elementary School1.9 mi · 377
- Shrewsbury Elementary School3.1 mi · 482
- Loganville-Springfield Elementary School6.5 mi · 461
- Manheim Elementary School6.5 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Southern Middle SchoolHow many students attend Southern Middle School?
Southern Middle School enrolls approximately 466 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Southern Middle School serve?
Southern Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southern Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southern Middle School is approximately 13.0:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Southern Middle School?
Student demographics at Southern Middle School are roughly 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Southern Middle School in?
Southern Middle School is part of Southern York County SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.